Video: Cuomo’s press conference

For the first 17 minutes, Gov. Andrew Cuomo answers reporters’ questions about changes to the NY-SAFE law. The press conference was held on March 20, but I just watched it this morning. Makes me appreciate the role that reporters play in holding government leaders accountable for their actions, whether you agree with them or not.

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The governor, himself, makes the case that there is no reason for a 7 bullet limit in a magazine. Criminals won’t abide by it, so why should law abiding citizens be asked to do so?

Why can 10 bullets be loaded at the range for target practise, but yet law abiding citizens are only allowed to load 7 bullets to protect themselves? Makes no sense at all, and is one of the primary reasons the NY SAFE act needs to be repealed, and why it will soon be found unconstitutional by the courts.

Reporters need to do an even better job of insisting that the Governor explain these flaws in his anti-gun logic.

I know the Times Union and a lot of the media is not in good standing with pro-gun side, but I actually appreciate how Jimmy Vielkind and Casey Seiler have covered the new gun laws. I feel like they have done a fair job learning and relaying a lot of the issues that have been raised with the SAFE Act. I appreciate that the TU reporters and others pushed Cuomo on this. It shows how flawed of a law it is, and how flawed the rationale behind it is.

What you are seeing here is politician who never expected the backlash he has gotten to his enacted-in-the-middle-of-the-night SAFE Act. He is now doing the dance trying to shift focus and responsibility of his actions. This is typical Liberal / Democrat behavior.

Kim Jong Cuomo cannot tolerate criticism of any shape or form, so do not expect him to mellow any time soon. If he does not straighten out soon he is destined to implode and we, the people of NY, will come up losers.

He needs to focus on the 2014 election and fuggedabout that 2016 pipe dream. No way, no how he goes to DC except at the invitation of the sitting President.

Cuomo, for poorly thought out political reasons, had to be first with his anti-freedom legislation with an eye on 2016. Unfortunately for his presidential aspirations, Cuomo tied his star to his deeply flawed highly unpopular SAFE act, anticipating that he could capitalize on the emotions surrounding the nurders in Newton.

Now, instead of having a jewel in his crown, he has a stone around his political neck.

Anyone else think it is a bit concerning that the Governor can have around the clock security to protect himself and his family, and all his security guards can carry more than 7 rounds and have semi-automatic weapons that the same versions of have since been banned for all other NYS citizens? The government that rules over us is allowed to walk beside us on the sidewalk with one thing, but says the rest of us can’t protect ourselves because our lives are not equally as valuable or worthy of the same protection. It is do as I say and not as I do.

“Don’t interfere with anything in the Constitution. That must be maintained, for it is the only safeguard of our liberties.”
-Abraham Lincoln.